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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-09-19, Page 23OP RATES FOR TERM DEPOSITS 11.1h% Variable Term See your Credit Union Clinton. Community 71 ONTARIO 'ST: ow TOWN HALL MOLDING CLINTON EXETER 412..347 235-.440 Current Rate up to • • • ...Solid Oak Doors, 2 Styles, 8 Colours ...Solid Birch Doors Available in 3 NEW Styles Planning THE LIVING AREA--Adam Agar leans on the round kitchen table where guests often sit and visit in the Agar kitchen. The fireplace which can be seen in the background is part of the den area which adjoins the kitchen and provides a comfortable reading spot., (Expositor photo) HOME IMPROVEMENT SECTION — 3A (Continued from Page 2A) dded whether to carpet them or to stain the stairs, and railing to match. Once the four upstairs bedrooms were wallpapered, the next step was to start altering the downstairs of the house. The two rooms to the left of the front entrance were a large bedroom and smaller, cramped bedroom behind it. The Agars tore out the wall and converted these rooms into one large combination living room-recreation room where both adults and child- ren can feel comfortable, Mrs. Agar said every woman who has lived in the house has renovated it. The farm home started out as a one-storey Ontario cottage, and then the next occupant had a second storey added, in a different color of brick from the first floor, Although the Agars have had aluminum siding put up on the exterior of the farm house, someday they hope to rebrick the bottom storey of the house to give it a more authentic look. Maureen Agar said the main thing she wanted in the living room was a. pool table. The table sits at one end of the room, and a comfortable grouping of chesterfield and chairs sits at the other. She said the carpeting used in the room was inexpensive since she knew their two small children would be using the room to play. Mrs. Agar said when she was planning a room she would find something she liked, and work from there. The first thing she purchased for the living room was the brown-patterned carpet which she felt wouldn't show the dirt in a room that would get lots of use by the family. From there, she selected a design for the ceiling, which was lowered slightly, and a wallpaper to blend with both it and the carpet. FIRST NEW FURNITURE The new furniture in the livingroom was the first furniture the couple bought ;ince their marriage, using the older furniture that came with the house up until then. Once the livingroom was completed, Maureen Agar faced the real challenge - designing a kitchen which would be a comfortable place to entertain, and which would allow her to keep an eye on her young family. Mrs. Agar said she's a city girl and she discovered in the country, many people prefer to sit and visit in the kitchen - particularly when men have just come in from the barn. To start with, the couple took out the old front door, replacing it with sliding patio doors which will someday open out onto a sundeck. Then they had linoleum laid in the part of the kitchen which gets the most traffic, "so men don't feel uncom- fortable coming in with their boots on," said Mrs. Agar. But the two real selling points of the kitchen are Mrs. Agar's double sink set in an alcove, which lets her look right out on the children's play area and the Maitland River beyond; and her very unique cupboards. The cupboards, designed by she and Mr, Ryan after studying a number of de- signs and producing a num- ber of diagrams, are practical; compact and unusual. Mrs. Agar stores her pots and pans in two sliding drawers underneath a side window in the kitchen, Her canned good and baking goods are all stored in a narrow .cupboard which also pulls out like a drawer beside the fridge. Then her final large cup- board unit is built around her stove, and is on wheels, so it can be moved anywhere in the kitchen. There is tile on top of the cupboards and a built-in woodblock, both touches which have made the unit a very practical working space. LIGHTS RARELY NEEDED Since the alcove windows let in so much light, Mrs. Agar said she rarely turns on the lights in the kitchen. The kitchen, she readily admits, "is the one room I'm really proud of." Some of her cupboard ideas have already been copied by friends. The den, which also func- dons as a reading room and play area for the children, is right off the kitchen, with no dividing wall. Although the • fireplace can't be used, the couple decided to keep it as an attractive centre of attent- ion to the room, and used mirror tiles from the mantle to the ceiling. Mrs. Agar said she's a "bargain hunter" when it comes to decorating, and would rather look around in several stores and be sure what she wants before mak- ing a purchase. Future plans call for a car port at the rear of the house, and division of the big, old-fashioned pantry into two entrances - on to be used by men coming in from the (Continued on Page 4A) The rec (Continued from Page I A) fine sawdust. And we did have trouble hiding the nailholes when we put the panelling on the wall, I refrained from saying "I told you so." I had a feeling would have the opportunity to use that phrase with more devasting effect later on. I will not bore you with the troubles we had trying to match the holes we had cut in the panels with the wall plugs that were supposed to fit those holes like a hand in a glove. To paraphrase a famous English statesman - "Some hand! Some glove!" I was out the night D. and his friend strapped the ceiling and began stapling on the 12" square ceiling tiles. They had the job one-third completed by the end of the evening. "Dear, I have bad news for you", D. said the next morning before leaving for work. "The walls in these old houses are all out of plumb. When I start the next row of tiles, l'm not going to be able to line it up with the previous row, and will have to shift everything over about four inches. Let's hope it won't be too noticeable," Out came my trusty tape measure, and down I went to the rec room. I soon dis- covered that while the tiles on the row nearest the west wall were getting wider, the ones on the row nearest the far wall had been cut nar- rower and narrower. When D. Came home after a hard day, I did a very stupid thing. (Continued on Page 4A)